Motto, Context, Essay: The Classical Background of Samuel Johnson's Rambler and Adventurer EssaysA helpful reference guide to the mottoes of Samuel Johnson's Rambler and Adventurer periodical essays. The author provides the context for each motto Johnson selected and relates the context to the content of the essay to which the motto is affixed. Provides a unique insight into Johnson's way of thinking as as essayist in a specific and detailed fashion. An invaluable aid to students and scholars of Johnson and 18th-century studies in general. |
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Samuel Johnson did not often give free rein to his " amorous propensities . He refused to go backstage with David Garrick for fear of the sexual attraction of half - dressed actresses . In his writings , he also prefers to remain ...
Samuel Johnson did not often give free rein to his " amorous propensities . He refused to go backstage with David Garrick for fear of the sexual attraction of half - dressed actresses . In his writings , he also prefers to remain ...
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He makes sudden irruptions into the regions of knowledge , and sees all obstacles give way before him ; but he never stays long enough to compleat his conquest , to establish laws , or bring away the spoils .
He makes sudden irruptions into the regions of knowledge , and sees all obstacles give way before him ; but he never stays long enough to compleat his conquest , to establish laws , or bring away the spoils .
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By mastering an avaricious spirit , you shall dominate more than if you should join Lybia to remote Cadiz , and Carthaginians , wherever they be , give allegiance to one master . By virtue's precepts to controul The thirsty cravings of ...
By mastering an avaricious spirit , you shall dominate more than if you should join Lybia to remote Cadiz , and Carthaginians , wherever they be , give allegiance to one master . By virtue's precepts to controul The thirsty cravings of ...
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| Title | Motto, Context, Essay: The Classical Background of Samuel Johnson's Rambler and Adventurer Essays |
| Author | Robert C. Olson |
| Publisher | University Press of America, 1984 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 10 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0819142352, 9780819142351 |
| Length | 352 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Collections / Essays |
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